Cavaliers 109,
Hornets 108
7:00 PM ET, March 28, 2005
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA
| CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| LeBron James, SF | 53 | 16-29 | 3-10 | 9-11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 44 |
| Drew Gooden, PF | 38 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C | 30 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Eric Snow, PG | 30 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ira Newble, SF | 26 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jeff McInnis, PG | 12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Traylor, PF | 18 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Lucious Harris, SG | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anderson Varejao, PF | 20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| DeSagana Diop, C | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Welsch, GF | 11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sasha Pavlovic, SG | 15 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 37-79 | 7-17 | 28-35 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 109 | ||
| 46.8% | 41.2% | 80.0% | Team TO (pts off): 15 (11) | ||||||||||
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Lee Nailon, SF | 31 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| P.J. Brown, PF | 38 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Jamaal Magloire, C | 35 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Dan Dickau, PG | 36 | 3-13 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| J.R. Smith, SG | 43 | 8-16 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton, PG | 17 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Andersen, FC | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| David West, PF | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Bostjan Nachbar, SF | 22 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| Casey Jacobsen, SG | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Lynch, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Jackson Vroman, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 41-83 | 8-15 | 18-26 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 108 | ||
| 49.4% | 53.3% | 69.2% | Team TO (pts off): 16 (18) | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls: 4 NEWORLEANS ( P Brown 1, J Magloire 1 ) CLEVELAND ( D Gooden 1, A Varejao 1 )
Officials: Bill Kennedy , Jason Phillips , Ken Mauer
Attendance: 16,118
Time of Game: 02:35